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Australian shares closed higher on Monday, lifted by mining and energy stocks as fresh Western sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine stoked worries about supply disruptions. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.7% higher at 7,049.1, extending gains to a straight session, even as broader Asian markets fell. "Markets at the moment are still on edge," said Steven Daghlian, a market analyst at CommSec, adding the impact on commodities and fears of the Russia-Ukraine conflict escalating further affect Australia indirectly. President Vladimir Putin put Russia''s nuclear deterrent on high alert on Sunday in the face of a barrage of Western reprisals for his war on Ukraine, which said it had repelled Russian ground forces attacking its biggest cities. Australian shares rise after Ukraine sell-off, tech stocks shine Miners led the gains in Australia, rising 3.2% on strong iron ore prices as concerns grew that a prolonged armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine could curb global supply of the key steelmaking ingredient.

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Rio Tinto has agreed to pay a small penalty for overstating its Mozambique coal reserves in 2012 in return for the Australian corporate watchdog dropping charges against its top two executives at the time, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) said on Monday.

Investors responded to the invasion of Ukraine. Banks (down 8.2%) and automakers fell most although the oil and gas sector fell by only 0.3%. Shares in Societe Generale fell by 12.2%. Defence stocks rose with BAE Systems in the UK up by 5.2%. Renewable energy was another bright spot on markets. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell by 3.3% to 9-month lows. The German Dax index lost 4.0% with the UK FTSE index lower by 3.9%. In London trade, shares in Rio Tinto fell by 1.8% and BHP fell by 7.0% (traded ex-dividend). US sharemarkets were mixed on Thursday with gains in some technology ''megacaps'' limiting losses. Financials fell 1.2% with banks down 2.5% as bond yields fell. Shares in Amazon rose by 4.5% with Microsoft up 5.1%. At the US close, the Dow Jones index was up by 92 points or 0.3% after being down 859 points. The S&P 500 index rose 1.5%; the Nasdaq rose 436 points or 3.3%.

Mining stocks, among the stock market''s best groups lately, are in focus this week with earnings from Teck, Vale and Rio Tinto.

Global Stocks, Futures Crash; Nasdaq In Bear Market, Oil Soars Above $105 On Russia Attack U.S. stock index futures crashed along with global markets on Thursday as Russia’s assault on Ukraine sent investors fleeing risky assets, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was set to open in a bear market. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 were down 2.9% by 7 a.m. in New York, having dropped as much as 3.6% earlier and signaling that the underlying gauge was poised to fall 20% from its November record high for the first time since the pandemic; the S&P 500 was down 2.23% or 98 points to, 4,214, while Dow futures lost 2.3%. The flight to safety saw the 10-year Treasury yield tumble 14 basis points to under 1.9%. Gold hit the highest since September 2020, while the dollar also spiked higher. The Nasdaq was set to open in a bear market, with NQ futures down more than 20% from its all time highs just two months ago… ... while the VIX spiked higher, and was last just around 37, up almost 10 points on the day.

Australian shares dropped nearly 2% on Thursday to hit their lowest in more than two weeks, as Ukraine announced a state of emergency amid rising fears of a full-scale Russian invasion, while CIMIC Group soared over 30% following a bid from Hochtief. The S&P/ASX 200 index was down 1.8% at 7,077.80 by 2329 GMT. The benchmark rose 0.6% on Wednesday. Global markets reacted sharply after Ukraine told its citizens in Russia to immediately come home and the US State Department mentioned that a Russian invasion remained potentially imminent. Australian shares weighed down by tech stocks, Ukraine tensions Miners plunged 3% to their lowest since early February, as iron ore prices slumped on concerns regarding demand prospects in China. Sector heavyweights BHP, Rio Tinto, and Fortescue Metals fell between 2.4% and 5.3%. Tech stocks dropped as much as 4.5% to hit their lowest since June 2020. ASX-listed shares of Block Inc lost up to 8.5%, while Xero Ltd slid 4.4%. Qantas Airways Ltd fell 1.7% after it posted a bigger-than-expected half-year loss and forecast a A$650 million hit to second-half earnings before interest and tax due to Omicron.

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- FinancialNewsMedia.com News Commentary - PALM BEACH, Fla. , Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Uranium mining and the price of the metal are both poised to grow in 2022. An article from industry insider KITCO recently discussed the near and longer term outlook for the industry. It said that: "Uranium surged this year making it one of the hottest commodities in 2021. Uranium spot prices hit a nine year high in September and are up about 50 percent (at year''s end). "We are starting to see countries around the world accepting nuclear energy. Those countries realize if they want to reach a carbon neutral future, nuclear energy has to be part of the equation," emphasized an executive of an industry company who spoke to Michelle Makori , Lead Anchor and Editor-in-Chief of Kitco News at the Mines and Money London conference. Standard Uranium is a Canadian uranium exploration company. Also, uranium prices skyrocketed this year, because of the launch of the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust this summer.

Rio Tinto (RIO) says it will buy four battery electric trains for use at its Pilbara mines in Western Australia under a deal with Wabtec (WAB) as part of its strategy to cut its

NEW YORK , Jan. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for BAC, NVDA, NIO, RIO, and TTWO. Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Futures Rise Ahead Of Jobs Data That Could "Wreak Havoc In Markets" US index futures climbed on Friday, paring this weeks losses fractionally as investors braced for jobs data that should provide clues about the pace of Fed tightening and which is expected to come in strong (whisper number at 502k, above 447k estimate, up from 210K last month; Wednesdays ADP print was 807k, well above 410k estimate, our full preview is here ) but not too strong - remember we now live in a "good news is bad news" world - or else the market will freak out that the Fed will hike even faster than is currently expected. Nasdaq futures also showed signs of recovery after a three-day selloff even as cryptocurrencies crashed again during the Asian session. As of 730am, emini S&P futures were up 4 points or 0.1%, Nasdaq futures were 0.24% higher, or 37 points and Dow futures were unchanged.Treasuries were steady, with the two-year yield heading for the biggest weekly spike since October 2019. Crude oil headed for the longest streak of weekly gains since October on tightening supplies.

Sigma Planning Corp lifted its position in Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) by 34.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 10,574 shares of the mining companys stock after acquiring an additional 2,710 shares during the period. Sigma Planning Corps holdings []

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Work at one of Rio''s biggest lithium projects is about to be paused. Here''s why. The post Rio Tinto share price gains despite reports $3.3b lithium project to be halted appeared first on The Motley Fool Australia .